Yue-Yung Hu, MD, MPH

Clinical and Research Expertise

Patient safety, health services research, surgical outcomes, surgical quality, team dynamics, resource utilization, surgical education

Procedures Performed/Conditions Treated

Congenital Abnormalities

• Intestinal atresia
• Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
• Gastroschisis and omphalocele (abdominal wall defects)
• Tracheo-esophageal fistula
• Chest and abdominal masses
• Imperforate anus
• Hirschsprung’s disease
• Congenital lung masses or tumors (CPAM, CCAM, pulmonary sequestration)

Esophageal and Alimentary Tract Surgeries

• Esophageal duplication or masses
• Gastric tubes (G-tubes)
• Bowel resection for inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease)
• Hirschsprung’s disease
• Malrotation of the intestinal tract
• Intussusception
• Cholecystectomy
• Splenic surgery (complete and partial for cysts, sickle cell disease, idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura) 
• Appendicitis
• Pyloric stenosis

Congenital Neck Cyst Excision and Drainage

• Branchial cyst
• Thyroglossal duct cyst

Chest Surgeries

• Pulmonary resection (congenital or acquired lesions)
• Chest and mediastinal masses
• Pleurodesis (recurrent pneumothorax)
• Thoracoscopic Nuss procedure (pectus excavatum)

Endocrine Surgery

• Adrenal
• Thyroid
• Pancreatic

Gynecologic Surgery

• Ovary cyst or torsion (ovarian sparing or oophorectomy)
• Ovarian masses
• Pelvic cyst

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)

Abdominal Tumors

• Neuroblastoma
• Wilms’ tumor
• Mesenteric cyst and mesenteric tumor resection
• Ovarian masses

Other Procedures Performed

• Extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
• Traumatic injuries
• Lymph node biopsy and excision
• Breast surgery
• Soft tissue masses
• Vascular malformations
• Inguinal, umbilical, epigastric and incisional hernia repair
• Orchiopexy (undescended testicles)
• Muscle biopsies
• Circumcision